Posts tagged with "water quality"

Calibre’s Brendan Oversby detailed a project in Dunsborough, Western Australia, using biophilic design to integrate water-sensitive design with land development. He was speaking at the recent 2018 NZ Stormwater Conference in Queenstown.
Stormwater runoff is an inescapable fact of urban life. For centuries, the drains and pipes that...

Alan Titchall reports from the two-day Water Summit 2018, attended by local government delegates, industry experts and central government officials, who will be implementing regulatory water change in the future.
As LGNZ president Dave Cull pointed out in his opening address, a summit on delivering future three waters solutions...

Reassurance on the quality of water supply is just one factor behind higher demand for faster and more accurate laboratory testing services. Patricia Moore talks with four specialists driving innovative solutions for councils.
Increasing public concern and legislative demands for improved environmental management and safer drinking...

Stuart Crosby has called for discussions on upgrading the country’s water infrastructure to include the cost implications of any decisions. He outlined his argument at the 2017 LGNZ Conference in Auckland recently.
The cost of upgrading New Zealand’s current water infrastructure will be in the billions. So any goals on just how...

This paper 'Climate Change Effects on Aquatic Ecology and the Future for Stormwater Management', was presented at Water New Zealand’s 2017 Stormwater Conference. By Paul Battersby & Emily Jones (both from Opus International Consultants).
ABSTRACT
Climate change is predicted to have varying effects on the regions of New Zealand....

An industry-wide prequalification system, and better public education on how infrastructure is delivered, could bring significant benefits.
Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand
Last year was certainly an interesting one for local government. Events posed some big challenges around infrastructure assets and...

Water management and control, equal pay and the policy priorities put forward in the central government elections are on the PSA’s watch-list for 2017.
Glenn Barclay, National Secretary, PSA
The Public Service Association (PSA) – like the public service it represents – owes its strength to its people. Research we’ve...

Water quality, population growth or decline, consent processes, asset condition and performance, new technologies, workforce skills and, perhaps most crucially, affordability: Patricia Moore outlines the challenges facing councils in managing their wastewater assets over the next decade.
A UN-Water brief, released at the conclusion of...